Living With Risk
Peter CooperCRAM International Ltd andThomas A. W. MillerRoper ASW
Introduction
Living with risk is a phenomenon of our times, viz. global warming, Chernobyl, AIDS, BSE, and now the consequences of September 11th. This is not to say that the hazards we are exposed to are greater than those our forebears faced through famine, floods, disease, but they are different in kind. The former were largely external risks of nature, attributed to God, punishment or sorcery, whereas in the modern world there is an expectation that rationality would keep risks under control. Nowadays however,...